Super Paper Mario

• Bowser is the best character. Combine him with Carrie the pixi you get in 3-4, and he becomes a monster. It's due to the fact his flame attack can normally be used when standing still on the ground, but with Carrie, he can movie and use the flames at all times. It makes any of the bosses become pushovers.

• On the other hand, you don't really need to do this because aside from maybe one of the optional areas the game really isn't hard enough to require cheesing your way through - just play as whoever you have most fun with (Bowser is awesome though.)

• The first lengthy optional challenge can be accessed and completed quite early in the game, if you can find it. The reward is very useful and satisfying, and the challenge is not as daunting as the name might suggest to players of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.